I recently lost this cactus to winter.
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I think you are correct with Melocactus. Perhaps M. ernestii?greenknight wrote:I don't think it's a Ferocactus, their ribs tend to be more tuberculate (ie, bumpy) when they're young. Maybe a Melocactus.
Was my first thought too. Maybe it is a Melocactus. Hard to tell from one picture from above.Pilif wrote:I'm thinking Trichocereus